Intel Xeon Gold 6128 vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

Compare Intel Xeon Scalable 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6872 points
7025 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6615 points
8549 points
29% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7015 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
6518 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7122 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
6374 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

118.73 points
184.59 points
55% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6014 points
9429 points
56% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1194 points
1960 points
64% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6063 points
9459 points
56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1178 points
1979 points
67% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
4.9 GHz
32% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

115 W
45 W
155% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

6
49% significantly more memory channels
4

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

202nd of 1,089
192nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon Scalable
Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Xeon Gold 6128 vs Ryzen 9 6900HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 6900HX is faster than the Xeon Gold 6128. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6128 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 6900HX has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Xeon Gold 6128 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon Gold 6128. Our comparison shows that the Xeon Gold 6128 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 6900HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 6900HX outputs less heat than Xeon Gold 6128 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6128 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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